ESPN's Chris Fowler, left, talks with Lee Corso in the pregame of the Michigan State-Ohio State game when the GameDay crew set up on campus.Mike Mulholland | MLive.com

EAST LANSING — Week Two of the Poll Patrol finds that only one voter of the 60 in The Associated Press survey dared not rank Michigan in the Top 25, while 12 continued to keep Michigan State on their Top 25 ballot.

The Spartans fans' thank-you note this week should go to Framingham, Mass., where Eric Avidon of the MetroWest Daily News had Michigan State ranked No. 16 in the nation — three spots ahead of Michigan — following last weekend's games.

Avidon was the only voter to have the Spartans ranked ahead of the Wolverines.

Michigan State fans will be glad to know some voters value defense —the Spartans lead the nation in rushing defense — and actually added Michigan State into their Top 25 after not having them ranked in the preseason.

The Wolverines fans, meanwhile, are probably already well aware that the only voter of the 60 who didn't rank Michigan in his Top 25 was Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press.

"Michigan was No. 26 on my ballot,'' Sharp said on Tuesday, the day the votes were tabulated.

Rob Long of Fox-1370 AM radio in Baltimore made the strongest statement for the Wolverines by placing them at No. 11 — the same spot he had them last week.

There were a few other interesting and curious ballots, considering Michigan State defeated Western Michigan 26-13 on Friday while Michigan feasted on Central Michigan, 59-9.

The biggest swing came from Mitch Vingle of the Charleston (WV) Gazette, who dropped Michigan State from No. 14 out of his Top 25, while taking Michigan from the unranked depth chart and putting them at No. 17.

ESPN's Chris Fowler also did an about face on the Wolverines, pulling them out of his unranked pool and sliding them up to No. 18, while dropping the Spartans from No. 17 out of his Top 25.

Mike Sorensen, of the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, gets the odd move of the week award. He dropped Michigan from No. 13 to No. 19.

Whatever the case, it represented the most spots Michigan was dropped by any of the voters.

I moved Michigan ahead of Michigan State on my ballot, feeling that the Wolverines took care of business despite the red flag put up by Devin Gardner's two interceptions.

The only saving grace that kept the Spartans in my Top 25 was their defense. Only one touchdown was allowed against the first team defense, while those same starting defenders scored twice, recorded five sacks and forced four turnovers.